linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v13 2/6] powerpc: Move arch independent ima kexec functions to drivers/of/kexec.c

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Date:   Tue, 22 Dec 2020 21:19:41 -0300
From:   Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     Lakshmi Ramasubramanian <nramas@...ux.microsoft.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v13 2/6] powerpc: Move arch independent ima kexec
 functions to drivers/of/kexec.c


Lakshmi Ramasubramanian <nramas@...ux.microsoft.com> writes:

> The functions defined in "arch/powerpc/kexec/ima.c" handle setting up
> and freeing the resources required to carry over the IMA measurement
> list from the current kernel to the next kernel across kexec system call.
> These functions do not have architecture specific code, but are
> currently limited to powerpc.
>
> Move setup_ima_buffer() call into of_kexec_setup_new_fdt() defined in
> "drivers/of/kexec.c".
>
> Move the remaining architecture independent functions from
> "arch/powerpc/kexec/ima.c" to "drivers/of/kexec.c".
> Delete "arch/powerpc/kexec/ima.c" and "arch/powerpc/include/asm/ima.h".
> Remove references to the deleted files in powerpc and in ima.
>
> Co-developed-by: Prakhar Srivastava <prsriva@...ux.microsoft.com>
> Signed-off-by: Prakhar Srivastava <prsriva@...ux.microsoft.com>
> Signed-off-by: Lakshmi Ramasubramanian <nramas@...ux.microsoft.com>
> ---
>  arch/powerpc/include/asm/ima.h     |  27 ----
>  arch/powerpc/kexec/Makefile        |   7 -
>  arch/powerpc/kexec/file_load.c     |   7 -
>  arch/powerpc/kexec/ima.c           | 202 -------------------------
>  drivers/of/kexec.c                 | 235 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  include/linux/of.h                 |   2 +
>  security/integrity/ima/ima.h       |   4 -
>  security/integrity/ima/ima_kexec.c |   1 +
>  8 files changed, 238 insertions(+), 247 deletions(-)
>  delete mode 100644 arch/powerpc/include/asm/ima.h
>  delete mode 100644 arch/powerpc/kexec/ima.c

This looks good, provided the changes from the discussion with Mimi are
made. Also, minor nits below.

> diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima.h b/security/integrity/ima/ima.h
> index 6ebefec616e4..7c3947ad3773 100644
> --- a/security/integrity/ima/ima.h
> +++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima.h
> @@ -24,10 +24,6 @@
>  
>  #include "../integrity.h"
>  
> -#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_IMA_KEXEC
> -#include <asm/ima.h>
> -#endif
> -
>  enum ima_show_type { IMA_SHOW_BINARY, IMA_SHOW_BINARY_NO_FIELD_LEN,
>  		     IMA_SHOW_BINARY_OLD_STRING_FMT, IMA_SHOW_ASCII };
>  enum tpm_pcrs { TPM_PCR0 = 0, TPM_PCR8 = 8, TPM_PCR10 = 10 };

This belongs in patch 1.

> diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_kexec.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_kexec.c
> index 38bcd7543e27..8a6712981dee 100644
> --- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_kexec.c
> +++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_kexec.c
> @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
>  #include <linux/seq_file.h>
>  #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
>  #include <linux/kexec.h>
> +#include <linux/of.h>
>  #include <linux/ima.h>
>  #include "ima.h"

This include isn't necessary.

-- 
Thiago Jung Bauermann
IBM Linux Technology Center